UGBA 105 Sections 101, 103, 105 Week 3: Organizational Design
Agenda Questions Key Concepts Environmental Complexity Organizational Charts Be Mindful Allentown Case Take-Aways Teams
Key Concepts
R&D Engineer- ing Manu- facturing General Manager Human resources Sales Product A Product B Product C Functional grouping
CEO Cars Prefab Houses Electronics HRMfgMktHRMfgMktHRMfgMkt Product grouping
CEO North America Europe Asia Pacific HRMfgMktHRMfgMktHRMfgMkt Regional grouping
Matrix Marketing R&D Engineering Manu- facturing Sales Cars Prefab houses Electronics
Top Management Team Process Coordinators Team Process Coordinators Team Process Coordinators New product development process Order fulfillment process Procurement, logistics process
Environmental Conditions Low Uncertainty Formal, centralized mechanistic structure w/ few depts. High Uncertainty Decentralized organic structure w/ participation & teams Many depts. High-Moderate Uncertainty Decentralized organic structure w/ participation & teams Few depts. Low-Moderate Uncertainty Formal, centralized mechanistic structure w/ many depts. & integration roles Complexity Rate of Change
Organizational Charts Using the organizational structure concepts: Describe the organizational chart that you have been given Why do you think the company has been designed this way? Why is this effective? What might the challenges be?
Allentown Case
Team Assignments
Take-Aways Define organizational structure and describe attributes Distinguish among different types of grouping and linking Define organizational design